Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-15
ROMANCE IN WILD LIFE.
Kelly and Day. the GOnzalcs Caunty
Prisoners, Belong 70 tho Gsng which
MGde the Ftghf Near Houston.
one Man Taken while Eioping with
Pretty Girl, the Other Surprised Whllo
Asleep In Cotton Field.
HOW 1T WAS DONE.


Special to the Gazette.
Houston, TEX, Sept. 14.-Late TO-
night Sheriff EHis returned from Con
zlIeg where he had been to ascertain If
the robbers captured by Sheriff Jones of
Gonzales we're part OF the gang who in
vaded this county not long since. Sheriff
Ellis took with him party
who hsd seen the robbers
when they were on their
raid in this county, and would therefore
be eble to identity them if Sheriff Jones
had captured them. The Sheriff found
Postofice Inspector Hollingswortb also
in Gonzales, who was looking into the
cases of these men TO find out if they
were part of the gang who robbed the
mail at FlatoDig lest spring. The men
whom Sheriff Jones had captured called
themselves Henry Kelly and Milton Day,
and the gentleman who accompanied
Sheriff Ellis
IDENTIFIED BOTH OF THEM
as part Of the gang who raided
this county. Kelly confessed that
lie was in the fight with
| the officers near Eureka and described the
hat and knife that he lost on that occss-
/ ion. He not only told the size Of tbs hat
six and seven-eights, but ne also told how
mahy blades the knife had in it.
The big blade was broken. All
of which was correct The gloves
they said which were found belonged to
Block Cornett, the leader. They said that
the man whom Deputy Sheriff Albert,
Erickson and Willard pursued was
named Barber, snd that he did not Join
his COMPANIONS till they hsd reached
ReiG's Prairie. Sheriff Jones mas
bsen on the alert for three rob
bers ever since the affair in
this county, and he at lsst found out that
Day wss stopping at the house Of an old
Bohemian, about eight miles from Con
zales. The officers
WENT TO THE HOUSE
ct the Bohemian one night and arrested
him. The B0hemisn protested against
his arrest, saying that it was probably
Day that they wanted. AS Day Wes really
the nan they were after, they made the
Bohemian tell where he was. He in
Termed them th&t Day wss asleep in c
cotton patch not far from the house. The
officers surrounded the patch and waited
patiently for the break OF day. Abou
!, sunrise Day came walking out to get hi:
breakfast and Sheriff Jones brought s
double barrel gun down On him euC
| cslled upon him to surrender. He 81 frs
made s show Of drawing his pistol, bu
! saw the Sheriff had the drop on him, Qn(
: HE GAVE UP.
Day has only been out OF tie peniten
tlary short time, having served tern
Of tour years fer horse theft IN GoDz7l
county. Henry Kelly, the ether rob0er
was captured il L2v3Cc. county. Slerf
2 J 3nes had been looking for Kelly for som
time, IS he wss wanted in Go1z2le
. county for the theft of horses
TIE Sheriff knew that Kelly ha
sweetheart in Lsvacs county and b
sent one OF his deputies there TO watc
for him Kelly WIS in love with gil
d in Lsvscs county whose parents objacte
e and be hsd orce been foiled in tie a
. tempt to elope with the young lady. Il
I had succeeded in getting the girl frol
0 the parental roof and was elopir
= with her when captured /
i the officers, who took hi
to Gonzales and lodged him in Jail. Kel
was captured in the morning and rs
: made ali arrangements to marry the 81
It in the evening ef that day. 1t is thougl
g that both of these men we're implicate
lr IN the Flstonia train robbery. Both
1t them are wanted in this county for the
Of horses at Cypress Top.